3rd Edition

Farm Incomes, Wealth and Agricultural Policy

By Berkeley Hill Copyright 2000
392 Pages
by Routledge

392 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2000:  The central aim of the Common Agricultural Policy is to support the incomes of farmers, yet reliable information on the overall incomes of farmers and their households is scarce. In general, farmers in the EU are not a low-income or poor sector of society and much of the present CAP income support goes to those that are relatively well-off. This book,... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Incomes and agricultural policy; Conceptual issues; Indicators of income from agricultural production; Incomes of agricultural households; Wealth; Information and policy; Bibliography; Index.

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Hill, Berkeley

’...very well structured...highly recommended to all those who are interested in policymaking and in understanding agricultural policy...’ Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture ’It is noted that the central aim of the common agricultural policy is to support the incomes of farmers, yet reliable information on the overall incomes of farmers and their households is scarce...the book addresses these issues.’ CAB Abstracts